The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-21
THE FARM.
HEARING AND rrrprso srocK

II. stewart In Country Gentleman.
Cicero very wisely observed that 1.-THE feed
ing Of cattle Is the most part 81 agriculture
This L. an axiom, sclfcyidcnt truth, In ag-
riculturc; for feeding crops must be grown,
and VIXEN grown must be fed, and when fed
afford the indispensable manure 10 supply
food for other crops. The feeding Of cattle II
IN fact the completion OF the circle of farm
management, which IL indispensable 10 sue
ccssiul agriculture, aud the permanent
preservation Of the land In o fertile cOndi.
ton.
Southern agriculture has hitherto been
ba'cd upon special crops and u wastciul sys.
TEN oi ciltsrc. To grow one main crop and
Fell H. aud buy food, fodder, fertilizers and
work animals, cannot hc made permanent
system, and can only last o. long as new land
can Dee brought under culture, ar the old
fields can bc rotated under n system uf two
and three yca'-' allure, and twenty ycirs'
wasteful inlluw The new condition ~
southern agriculture consists Ia general
awakening 10 these facts but IL ~ only
slowly emerging from it, dormant state, and
Tcqurf u general shaking up This shaking
up il coming through gradual change in the
sOcial condition, which demands a higher
style % living, better houses, greater do
nestle comfort, shoes for the children,
clothc, and incry for the girls and new ~ les
of drrss, better food and more money Ia the
pocket southern farmers are quick 20 no
tioc the change which y gradually spreading
from the old line, which was once the
boundary between north aud south, hut
which has been oh.itcmied politically, 30
cially and economically, and see the new,
comfortable farm houses, the barns. the neat
fences, orchards gardens. aud good clothes
and stock oi the farmers who have come Ia
Co huy and improve their old fields, and
cover them with clover, wheat corn and
pasiup.s and ocrupy them with the very
bcst 1T the improved hWcds Of cattle, aud
this new experience i bringing about "a
thorough regeneration aud new order of
things, which Will suun 'proad over the sun.
ny, genial aud fertile southern lands, and 90
far Ia change the thoughts aud habits ui tie
southern people
And the rearing aud feeding ~ stuck " the
first full indication ui emancipation from the
old style IL " not necessary even Ia make
formal prpamiions and spend year. In
getting fields into croTs inr this purpose.
One wants to plunge right In, ~ young
swimmer who must pcrturcc Keep himself
Aflont, and the southern farmer cannot do
better, ~ q beginning. than 90 get few COWS,
few improved swine, or small noCk vi
sheep, and then 30 60 work, ns To- meets
must, to provide feeding for them. This u
very easy business. he h not obliged Ga
house his stock and feed II full for seven
months in the year. The mild southern win.
ten give the farmer great advantage over
his northern brother. One hundred bundles
of fodder corn. gr0wn by thick planting and
good cultivation. and well furnished with
small ears, will carry COW ~ steer
through the winter, with q range IN wuod
lot lat winter ! carricd' thirteen head
AZ cattle from November 10 May On ~,
pounds 81 hay par head and some
wCw COWS which have reared calves and
MIXED we'll all the summer, and one has
yielded over seven pounds ui butter per week
from May a. the present time with no other
food than woods range aud two quarts ui
meal pr day. Ncnrling stccrs weighing ~
O. 80 pound. thus Kept over the winter wa.
sheltered excepting Tor thre weeks In the
unprecedented snowfall. nov weigh over ~
pounds after a summers lccying ON the
range, and NJ a. to,lny (Octob,f NJ have MOI
had amy feed except ths aftermath II the
second cutting ui clover and timothy. This
cNrmplihrs the ease With witch cattle aft
Nint'fcd In the south. aud tie chcapncs'
aud consequent profit with which they may
b. rrary'l. The same applies Ia the mule
which takes naturally ~ bruVsc, aud vii
leave ruul hay h. cat the young twie- nnt
bud ~ The Young forest growth Va the win
tcr, and will iIii"n upon the summer Zee,
AMI The iall mast
hut while ibi. u true. Il T. not exactly th'
system ! would advocate This " tu Zee,
stock iur The sake IT manuw fut thc land
by which not only larFr crops II cotton an,
tobacco may be- grown. hat profitable yield
II wheat, oats, corn and other valuable siln
BILE and fodder crops BE- produced, AMI
large quantity If straw used M ns litter
with the trash irum the other crops, to maxi
the Indispensable mauurr. ! would not dis
~ The larr ARA ~ forrest land now grazc,
in the summer but ! would improve thi
by ludigiuus thinning 81 surplus timber
the removal " dead Trees, tops aud "inps'
lett ffum former cutting, 10 ~ to make thi
valuable and very cheap resource Tor feed
ing all kinds ~ stock, even the dairy cows
during Va or eight months II the year Thi
would leave all the grass and clover grown
for making hay for winter FEEDING. and VI
ford a. well fall and winter pasture from th
fields upon which a I'D " turned under. an
help very much Ia the faticning Of bccyc,
sheep and pigs for sale or home COZ
sumption Ny experience, ~ far, gus
to show that by good cultiyH
ton and manufinr 81 The land, on
acre of cleared land In grass, clover, corr
corn fodder, millci. ptas and other iccdin
crops will support bountiiully one head ,
live stock, Including horses, mules. cult'
ticcrs. COWS, young cattle and sheep. Tia
g., thnt With thirty acres ~ hHy. ten acres ,
corn and ten arrcs u millct, fifty head q
stock may be wintrrcd, and the working Cn
Gle fed during the summer. A farm. tlet
with 100 acres cleared could have twcnt
acres u wheat, twenty u corn and oats an
ten ~ cotton or other money crops. III
wheat and Dat ground could be newl
seeded with rrhfs and clover. tho Gotta
siubblc might be- own with corn, iollowe
by millet seeded down, while cotton, whes
and oats would 10 upon sod land, cnjoyin
the advantage ~ the tufncd-undcr sod an
the manure made by yarling hity head
stock with straw, leaves aud all the lite
that can be procured.
The question arises, what would he n
income from farm " 100 acres, cultivate
under this system, compared with the san
ARIA under The old and pwsailing system
A. present onehalf the land would be
old held. tcn Acr.s In wheat, ten In oats, q
In cotton. aud the remainder In corn ~